Which to use
“utilisent” and “utiliser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,425
- “utilisent” frequency rank
- #763
- “utiliser” frequency rank
- 4188
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | utilisent | utiliser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de utiliser. | Tirer de l’utilité de ; tirer parti de. |
Where the eye mixes utilisent and utiliser
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: utilisent vs utiliser
A purely visual mix-up. utilisent (\y.ti.liz\) and utiliser (\y.ti.li.ze\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4188, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
utilisent is recorded at frequency rank #3,425, classified as averb, pronounced \y.ti.liz\. utiliser is at rank #763, tagged as averb, pronounced \y.ti.li.ze\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 4188, this pair ranks #432,234 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of utilisent vs utiliser
Shared letters: eilstu. Private to "utilisent": n. Private to "utiliser": r.
"utilisent" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCC · "utiliser" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "utilisent" and "utiliser" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "utilisent" or "utiliser" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "utilisent" and "utiliser" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "utilisent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "utiliser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #432,234 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "utilisent" and "utiliser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "utiliser vs utiliserez". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #432,234 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.